Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: Oregon Trail Recreation Area (Approximately 2 miles north of I-84 on Highway 21) BOISE, ID (May 21, 2012) – Fire officials from the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Boise District, the U.S. Forest Service’s Boise National Forest, Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) and the National Interagency [...]
Read MoreBoise, ID May 18, 2012 – Fire School training for wildland firefighters begins May 21, involving nearly 400 new and returning fire fighters representing the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Idaho Department of Lands, and other fire fighting agencies. Sponsored by the College of Western Idaho, the course runs for the full week from 8 [...]
Read MoreThe Mountain Home Ranger District is planning on burning May 15th in the Trinity Creek watershed, approximately five miles west of Featherville. The project consists of approximately 100 acres of hand ignition. The unit name is Whiskey Campo 13/14 and is a BD burn designed for Aspen regeneration. Burn Boss will be Robert Burnside, trainee is [...]
Read MoreTuesday, May 8, the Idaho City RD completed 300 acres of hand ignition 7 miles south of Idaho City near Warm Springs Point. Weather and conditions permitting: Wednesday, May 9, the Lowman RD plans to aerial ignite 650 acres at Bear Creek near Grandjean continuing through Thursday May 10. Friday, May 11, the Idaho City [...]
Read MoreThe Lowman Ranger District of the Boise National Forest ignited an approximate 650 acre prescribed fire just northwest of Grandjean and the Grandjean Lodge on May 9, 2012 in the Bear Creek watershed. Ignition occurred by dropping small, chemically treated plastic spheres from a helicopter that ignite after hitting the ground. This technique is safer [...]
Read MoreMcCall, ID - The McCall Ranger District of the Payette National Forest plans to conduct a prescribed burn in the vicinity of the Little Ski Hill just West of McCall sometime between now and mid-June. This planned prescribed burn is part of the Meadows Slope Project that was completed in 2005. The thinning portion of the project [...]
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